Intracerebral arteriovenous fistulas associated with intraparenchymal varix in childhood: case reports.
This report describes three children, each of whom developed an unusual malformation consisting of one or more intracerebral arteriovenous fistulas and a large intraparenchymal venous varix. Their clinical symptoms were similar to those produced by aneurysms of the vein of Galen: increasing head circumference, seizures, hemorrhage, and developmental delay. We treated each child with endovascular embolization and/or surgery and obtained complete closure of all fistulas without mortality.
Barnwell
S L
SL
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Ciricillo
S F
SF
Halbach
V V
VV
Edwards
M S
MS
Cogen
P H
PH
D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging